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The highly anticipated Valorant tournament – Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) 2023 Masters Tokyo – kicked off on 11th June with eight teams participating in the Group Stage of the tournament. The top four from this stage will qualify for the Playoffs where they will meet the top seeds: Paper Rex (PRX), LOUD, Fnatic, and Team Liquid. There is a massive prize pool of $1,000,000 USD on the line along with bragging rights and the trophy for takeaway. After just three days into the tournament, fans have already been treated to spectacular Valorant action from the best in the business.
If you play Valorant, you must surely know and relate to the rush you get from scoring an ace. Nothing beats the feeling of getting five back-to-back kills and showing off a cool finisher along with the ace. With some of the best Valorant players in the world assembled in Tokyo, Japan for VCT 2023 Masters, we are already starting to see iconic aces at the tournament.
Here are the aces from the group stage of VCT 2023 Masters Tokyo so far.
VCT 2023 Masters Tokyo Best Aces
Evil Geniuses Boostio Records 1st Ace of VCT 2023 Masters Tokyo
In the second match of the best-of-three (BO3) series against FUT Esports, Evil Geniuses (EG) Kelden "Boostio" Pupello secured the first ace of the VCT 2023 Masters Tokyo while playing Sentinel agent Killjoy on Lotus. Playing from the cheeky destructible door between B-Site and A-Site, Boostio picked up four quick kills with the rifle and the last one with the Nanoswarm on B-site default plant.
Another Killjoy Ace on Lotus
In the electrifying series between T1 and NRG Esports in VCT 2023 Masters Tokyo on 13th June, Byeon "Munchkin" Sang-beom secured a clutch ace on map 1 (Lotus) of the BO3 series. The 10th round of the match began with NRG planting in A-site using the Viper ultimate. With the help of his teammates, Munchkin was able to clear corners and pick off all the remaining members of NRG, picking up five crisp kills.
T1 Xeta’s pure domination inside Viper’s Pit
Munchkin was not the only T1 player who picked up an ace against NRG. Son "xeta" Seon-ho who was on Viper on the decider map (Pearl) picked up five back-to-back kills while playing within the limits of his Ultimate, Viper’s Pit. The scoreline was 10-10 and T1 was on the attacker’s side. With the spike ticking away on A-site, and with T1’s Jett and Harbor dead, NRG had the number advantage. However, xeta’s ultimate came in clutch as the player picked up an ace inside the green smoke, four on the rifle and one on the Shorty.
We will make sure to update this list with the other aces that are picked up during this tournament. So keep an eye out!
